Today in History for 15th February 2022

Historical Events

1775 - Angelo Braschi chosen as Pope Pius VI
1852 - Great Ormond St Hospital for Sick Children, London, admits 1st patient
1932 - As a member of gold medal winning US 4-man bobsleigh team at Lake Placid, Eddie Eagan (boxing gold Antwerp 1920) becomes only Olympian to win gold medals at both summer and winter Games in different sports
1958 - Sjafroeddin Prawiranegara forms anti-government of Middle Sumatra
1996 - NFL coaching maestro Bill Belichick is fired by Cleveland, finishing his Browns coaching career with a record of 36-44
2018 - Denver's Serbian center Nikola Jokić records fastest triple double in NBA history (14 minutes, 33 seconds) in the Nuggets' 134-123 win at Milwaukee; Jokić finishes with 30 points, 17 assists, 15 rebounds

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Famous Birthdays

1620 - Francois Charpentier, French scholar and archaeologist, born in Paris, France (d. 1702)
1760 - Jean-Francois Le Sueur, French composer during the revolution, born in Drucat-Plessiel, France (d. 1837)
1823 - Li Hung-Tshang, Chinese rebel leader/viceroy of Tsheli Canton
1931 - W K Reid, British ombudsman
1937 - Gregory Mcdonald, American author
1947 - David Brown, American guitarist (Santana), born in NYC, New York (d. 2000)

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Famous Deaths

1503 - Henry Deane, Archbishop of Canterbury (1501-03), dies
1847 - Germinal Pierre Dandelin, Belgian mathematician (geometry), dies at 52
1988 - Neil R. Jones, American sci-fi writer (Space War, Twin Worlds), dies at 78
2005 - Pierre Bachelet, French singer and songwriter (b. 1944)
2009 - Joe Cuba, Puerto-Rican musician (b. 1931)
2012 - Charles Anthony [Caruso], American tenor, dies from kidney failure at 82

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